The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 2094
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
7:05 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2124
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.8° / 159.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / 2.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.28° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.64° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.36° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 139.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.