The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 8, 1910
Waxing Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
8:54 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -151
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 | 58.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.4° / 125.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -24.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.95° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.35° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.49° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.