The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 1969
Waning Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 AM
5:50 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 578
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 | 327.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.9° / 197.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 7.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.68° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / -0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.47° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.