The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 2, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
1:21 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1605
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.9° / 75.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -15.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.12° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.72° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.