The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 1920
Waning Crescent
13.3% 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
3:54 AM
5:02 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -28
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 | 317.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.6° / 214.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 6.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.68° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.95° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.58° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.