The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 1922
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
8:51 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -3
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 | 209.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 321.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 12.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.86° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.38° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| 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.