The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 2027
Waxing Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
12:39 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1296
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 | 102.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 84.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -21.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.95° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.95° / 1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.48° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.