The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 1975
Waxing Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
9:39 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 653
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 119.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.17° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.76° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.44° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.