The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 8, 2048
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 AM
7:19 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1556
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 | 12.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 146.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -14.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.25° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.68° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.38° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 310.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.