The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 1991
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
7:07 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 851
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 149.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -14.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.45° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.78° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 320.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.