The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 1986
Waxing Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
10:16 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 789
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 114.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 15m / -27.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.92° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.68° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.98° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.