The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 1995
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
7:29 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 900
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 9:59 AM, is deepest at 12:04 PM and ends at 2:08 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 334.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 6.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.97° / 1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / -0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.12° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.