The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 614
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 94.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 54m / -24.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.58° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.54° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.76° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.