The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 8, 1936
Waning Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 170
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 | 284.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.60° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.79° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.