The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 1913
Waxing Gibbous
66.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.1%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -114
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 91.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 27m / -23.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.49° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.83° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.40° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| 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.