The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
12:23 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1865
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 | 97.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 86.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -19.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.08° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.36° / -2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.52° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.