The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 3, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
3:26 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 366
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 | 149.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.4° / 25.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -26.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.78° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.91° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.31° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.