The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
3:47 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 294
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 | 151.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.9° / 34.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -9.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.68° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.38° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.