The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 7, 1952
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
8:45 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 366
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 294.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 48m / -5.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.23° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.87° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.43° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.