The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 1952
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
9:07 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 368
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 328.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 30m / 20.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.68° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.05° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.