The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 PM
5:59 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1704
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 | 164.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.1° / 349.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -2.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.49° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.54° / 3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.31° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.