The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 3, 2072
Waning Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 PM
10:47 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1850
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 280.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / -0.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.85° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.01° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.