The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
2:15 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 614
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.8° / 64.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -24.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.91° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / 2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.16° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.