The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 2021
Waxing Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
8:35 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1222
Events on this date
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 129.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -15.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.70° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / -1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.50° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.