The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 1976
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
7:57 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 665
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 330.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 9.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.53° / 1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.27° / -1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.26° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.