The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 8, 1904
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 AM
5:59 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -226
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.9° / 181.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -1.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.70° / 1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / -1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.45° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.