The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 3, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
2:17 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1605
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.6° / 62.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 48m / -13.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.67° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.54° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.