The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 8, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
67.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 PM
1:24 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.9%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1531
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 | 110.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 74.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 35m / -18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.36° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.05° / -0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.70° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.