The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 3, 1952
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
6:37 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 368
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 352.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / 8.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.11° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.27° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 11.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.