The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 8, 1988
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 AM
6:02 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 813
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 | 335.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.3° / 184.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / 2.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.10° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / 1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.28° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.