The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 8, 2054
First Quarter
51.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
12:00 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.2%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1630
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 90.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -19.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.85° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.37° / -3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.31° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.