The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 2083
Waning Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
5:24 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1988
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 | 323.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 204.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 5.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.34° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.88° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.