The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 30, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 PM
1:07 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 367
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 81.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 23m / -27.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.09° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.46° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.