The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 8, 1932
Waxing Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
12:20 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 121
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 | 113.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 86.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -21.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.38° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.51° / 4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.61° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.