The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 2038
Waxing Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
2:52 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1432
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 | 129.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.0° / 52.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 53m / -16.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.63° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.10° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.