The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 2080
Waning Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
4:56 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1951
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 | 300.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.4° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 23m / 19.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.02° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.60° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.98° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.