The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 1, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 PM
4:07 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 368
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 29.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 57m / -4.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.63° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.79° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.59° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.