The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 2028
Waning Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 PM
12:34 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1308
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 298.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 40m / 25.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.91° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.88° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.06° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.