The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 2004
Waning Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 AM
4:46 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1011
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 | 294.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.4° / 255.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 22.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.40° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.71° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.93° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.