The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 9, 1952
Waning Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
11:15 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 366
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / 7.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.44° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.82° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.