The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 2088
Waning Crescent
37.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 AM
3:24 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.1%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2050
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 | 285.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 256.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 10m / 14.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.50° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.21° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.31° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.