The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 8, 2082
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 PM
9:22 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1976
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 321.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 17.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.43° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.28° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.