The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 8, 2001
Waning Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
1:34 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 974
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 | 251.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 287.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 45m / 23.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.49° / -0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / 1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.87° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.