The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
2:35 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 962
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.1° / 58.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.59° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.35° / 3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.48° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.