The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 23, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% 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
7:36 PM
5:31 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 614
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.0° / 339.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -14.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.69° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / -2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.59° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.