The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 1974
Last Quarter
51.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.9%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 640
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 273.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 55m / 20.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.96° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / 3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.69° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.