The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 1930
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
7:19 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 96
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 | 190.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.7° / 341.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 9.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.18° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / 0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.80° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.