The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 1950
Waning Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 AM
4:43 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 343
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 | 322.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.3° / 229.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 10.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.87° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / -1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.16° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.