The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 PM
4:19 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1605
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.6° / 25.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 31m / -6.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.84° / 2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.97° / -2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.20° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.