The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 2081
Waxing Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
11:19 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1964
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 | 78.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 107.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -28.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.37° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.36° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.15° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.