The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 8, 1900
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
6:39 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -275
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 352.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 10.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.15° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.76° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 8.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.