The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 8, 1923
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 AM
5:22 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 9
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.9° / 203.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / 3.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.88° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / -0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.03° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.