The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 24, 1952
Waxing Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 AM
9:46 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 367
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 115.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -10.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.91° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.74° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.