The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 8, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
4:35 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1803
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.9° / 21.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 46m / -2.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.09° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.18° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.90° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.