The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 8, 1979
Waning Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 PM
10:38 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 702
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 | 218.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 301.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 30m / 13.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.54° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.78° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.08° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.