The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 8, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
4:21 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1098
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 | 142.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 27.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 29m / -4.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.49° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.29° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.