The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 17, 1952
Waning Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 AM
7:04 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 366
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.4° / 206.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 39m / 24.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.46° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.15° / -3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.57° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.