The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 8, 2044
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
9:27 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1506
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 | 200.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 320.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.93° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.89° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.