The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 1967
Waxing Crescent
30.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
10:25 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.3%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 554
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 113.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -27.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.24° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.17° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.78° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.