The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 2070
Waxing Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
9:54 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1828
Events on this date
-
Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 116.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -17.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.43° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.12° / -4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.62° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.