The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 1926
Waxing Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
7:19 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 47
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 | 19.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.2° / 148.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -8.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.62° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.61° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.81° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.