The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 2010
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 AM
7:17 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1086
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 147.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -14.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.62° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.98° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 313.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.