The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 23, 1952
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
9:24 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 367
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 119.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / -4.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.69° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.98° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.