The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 8, 1903
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
8:28 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -238
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 325.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 30m / 11.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.99° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.60° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| 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.