The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 2066
Waning Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 PM
12:49 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1778
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 | 240.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 294.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 58m / 24.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.97° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / -1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.45° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.