The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% 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
3:52 PM
2:18 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 393
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 | 132.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 61.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -9.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.93° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.97° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.