The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 5, 2072
Waning Gibbous
64.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1850
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 272.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 45m / 6.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.83° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / 5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.42° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.