The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 PM
5:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 999
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 | 161.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.4° / 352.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / -5.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.30° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.71° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.