The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 1997
Waxing Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 925
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 | 79.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 97.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -18.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.90° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.51° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.