The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 21, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
3:16 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 614
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.6° / 39.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -22.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.50° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / 0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.96° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.