The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 8, 2078
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
8:21 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1927
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 | 29.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 131.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 51m / -16.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.33° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.57° / 1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.29° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.