The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 8, 1917
Waning Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -65
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 | 278.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 275.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 19.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.57° / -1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.98° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.