The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 8, 2101
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 PM
9:02 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2211
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 324.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 16.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.43° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.91° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.