The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
9:26 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1271
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 320.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.77° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.07° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.