The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 1952
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
10:01 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 366
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 290.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / 1.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.02° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / -3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.62° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.