The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 8, 2020
Waning Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
1:53 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1209
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 | 254.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 285.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 01m / 24.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.12° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.24° / -0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.67° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.