The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 8, 1970
First Quarter
55.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 591
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 92.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -25.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.00° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.69° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.