The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 8, 1906
Waning Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
12:07 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -201
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 | 248.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 294.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 31m / 19.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.27° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.54° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.58° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.