The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 2006
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
9:27 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1036
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 | 201.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 319.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 17.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.81° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.27° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.