The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
1:52 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -213
Events on this date
-
Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 68.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 38m / -13.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.24° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / -0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.80° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.