The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 7, 1952
Waning Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 PM
11:28 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 368
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 310.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 24m / 26.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.66° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.38° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.