The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 1902
Waxing Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
10:57 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -250
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 107.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -18.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.41° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.84° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.