The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 29, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
3:03 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 369
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 50.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -0.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.07° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.45° / -3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.39° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.