The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 2087
Waxing Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
3:36 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2038
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 | 134.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.5° / 40.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 00m / -6.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.66° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.27° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.