The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 1978
Waxing Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 690
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 | 80.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 97.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.36° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.46° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.32° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.