The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 2030
Waxing Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
4:42 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1333
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 | 146.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.9° / 20.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -2.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.31° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.51° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.