The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 8, 1960
Waning Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
11:10 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 467
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 | 225.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 297.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 57m / 15.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.38° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.66° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.45° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.7° |
| 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.