The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 1948
Waxing Crescent
38.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
10:05 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.1%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 319
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 116.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -27.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.32° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.63° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.86° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.