The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 9, 2052
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 PM
8:50 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1605
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 318.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 10.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.57° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.72° / 3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.43° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.