The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 1971
Waning Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
12:48 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 603
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 298.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 42m / 26.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.62° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.67° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.