The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 8, 1921
First Quarter
48.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
11:44 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.8%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -15
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 100.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -17.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.39° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.03° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.