The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 1980
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 AM
7:13 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 714
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.1° / 154.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -0.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.62° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.96° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 151.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.