The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 8, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
6:00 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1234
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.1° / 348.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -3.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.03° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.92° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.