The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 PM
2:23 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1197
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 | 123.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.8° / 61.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 26m / -18.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.11° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / 4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.87° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.