The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 2097
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
8:41 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2162
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 | 37.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 127.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 24m / -20.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.96° / -1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.48° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.