The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 1958
Waning Crescent
23.5% 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
2:35 AM
4:21 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 442
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 | 302.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.6° / 237.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 11.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.15° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.03° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.98° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.