The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 2100
Waxing Crescent
31.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
10:32 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.6%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2199
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 113.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -28.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.68° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.55° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.