The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 1952
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
7:03 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 369
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 146.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -25.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.56° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.83° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.