The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 8, 1942
Waning Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
6:32 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 244
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.8° / 174.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 3.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.80° / 1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / -2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.33° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.7° |
| 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.