The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 4, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
4:43 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 366
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 | 163.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.1° / 335.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -23.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.78° / -2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / 3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.12° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.