The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 2045
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 AM
5:54 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1518
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.3° / 185.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 24m / 1.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.43° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.23° / 3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.49° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.