The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
12:44 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1061
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 | 104.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 83.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -21.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.98° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / 2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.08° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.