The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 8, 2033
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
7:40 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1370
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 5:13 AM, is deepest at 6:55 AM and ends at 8:36 AM. Totality lasts from 6:15 AM to 7:34 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 330.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 6.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.68° / -0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / 1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.48° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.