The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 8, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
4:48 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -176
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.7° / 13.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / -5.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.74° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.82° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 228.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.