The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 8, 1955
Last Quarter
49.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.2%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 405
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 271.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 07m / 20.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.65° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.30° / 3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.89° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.