The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 2084
Waxing Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 PM
1:35 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2001
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 71.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -16.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.96° / 1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.21° / -2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.11° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.