The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 8, 2050
Waning Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 AM
3:12 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1580
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 | 281.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.7° / 260.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 51m / 15.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.72° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.69° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.