The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 8, 1945
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
7:35 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 282
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 143.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 44m / -11.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.14° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.21° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.00° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.