The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 1912
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 AM
5:14 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -127
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 | 335.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.9° / 209.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 27m / 5.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.09° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.78° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.