The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 2062
Waxing Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
10:37 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1729
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 | 70.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 112.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -28.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.22° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.38° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.94° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.