The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 2077
Last Quarter
52.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.0%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1914
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 279.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 02m / 26.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.83° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.08° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.87° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.