The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 8, 1953
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 AM
5:59 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 381
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.2° / 168.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -13.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.55° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.49° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.68° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 327.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.