The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 2055
Waning Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
10:03 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1642
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 305.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 04m / 12.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.96° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.24° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.09° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.