The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
6:26 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -40
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 | 167.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 350.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / 4.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.98° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.10° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.