The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 31, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
2:17 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 367
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.3° / 61.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -24.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.54° / -2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / 3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.27° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.