The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 1, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 PM
1:25 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 366
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.7° / 79.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -27.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.79° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.70° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.5° |
| 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.