The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 8, 2015
Waning Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 AM
4:59 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1147
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.8° / 222.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 57m / 9.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.09° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / 4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.21° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.