The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 8, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
3:51 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 628
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 | 137.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 35.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -6.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.44° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.68° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.