The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 14, 1972
Waxing Crescent
28.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
10:47 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.2%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 614
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 106.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -14.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.83° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.43° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.