The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 4, 2072
Waning Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
11:43 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1850
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 276.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 59m / 3.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.76° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.21° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.