The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 1985
Waning Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
4:23 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 776
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 | 287.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.4° / 264.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 24.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.40° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.67° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.13° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.