The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
1:39 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 257
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 | 114.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 71.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.52° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.59° / -0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.87° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.