The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 1944
Last Quarter
54.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.0%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 269
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 276.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 21.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.77° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.13° / 2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.65° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.