The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 18, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
65.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 PM
12:32 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.3%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 614
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 88.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 47m / -25.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.52° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.88° / 4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.55° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.