The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 15, 1952
Waning Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
5:44 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 366
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.0° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 53m / 27.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.56° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.29° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.10° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.