The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 8, 2016
Waxing Crescent
45.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.0%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1160
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 | 84.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 94.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -18.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.84° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.71° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.