The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 8, 1959
Waxing Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 455
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.90° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.14° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.