The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 2023
Waning Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
4:41 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1246
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 | 293.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.4° / 257.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 23.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.25° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.12° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.54° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.