The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 PM
5:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1939
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 | 153.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 5.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / -6.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.46° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.67° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.