The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 8, 2005
Waxing Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
10:05 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1024
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 | 62.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 116.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -27.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.19° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.17° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| 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.