The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 8, 1998
Waning Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
10:44 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 937
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 | 220.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 300.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 37m / 14.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.22° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.87° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.