The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
7:41 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1135
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 5:14 AM, is deepest at 6:54 AM and ends at 8:34 AM. Totality lasts from 6:24 AM to 7:24 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 331.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 7.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.20° / 0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.66° / 0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.32° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.