The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 8, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 356
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 99.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -24.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.93° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.18° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.99° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.