The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 8, 2018
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
7:14 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1184
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.6° / 156.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / 0.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.84° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.36° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 147.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.