The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 1972
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
7:19 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 616
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 145.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -16.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.28° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.85° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.36° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 310.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.