The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 10, 2052
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
10:00 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1605
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 308.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 13.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.33° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.25° / 5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.59° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.