The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 1911
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
6:56 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -139
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 | 186.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 344.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 7.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.15° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.99° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.