The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 2042
Waning Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 AM
4:59 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1481
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.1° / 247.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 20.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.82° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.62° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.34° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.