The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 1952
Waning Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 PM
12:28 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 368
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 302.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 22m / 27.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.51° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.55° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.