The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 2069
Waning Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
3:27 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1815
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 | 285.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 256.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 14.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.79° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.70° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.50° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.