The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 9, 1952
Waning Gibbous
60.8% 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
10:20 PM
1:20 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 368
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 294.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 18m / 27.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.98° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.73° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.