The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 PM
3:31 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -77
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 | 146.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 42.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 45m / -4.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.30° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.75° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.41° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.