The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 19, 1952
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 AM
7:59 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 366
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.3° / 149.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 16.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.05° / 0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / -0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.06° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.