The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 8, 2085
Waning Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 PM
1:23 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2013
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 | 248.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 288.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 36m / 23.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.58° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / 0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.24° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.