The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 1999
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
7:04 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 949
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 | 350.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.4° / 159.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / 1.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.40° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.56° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.