The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 28, 1972
Waning Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
11:27 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 614
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 295.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 15.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.17° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.58° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.32° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.