The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 PM
1:59 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 22
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.2° / 66.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -13.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.89° / -0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.15° / 1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.99° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.