The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 1, 2072
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
8:56 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1850
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 289.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 43m / -8.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.26° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / 0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.61° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.