The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 8, 2096
Last Quarter
50.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.7%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2149
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 278.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 11m / 26.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.80° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.67° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.