The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 8, 2103
First Quarter
45.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2236
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 98.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -22.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.37° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / 0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.67° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.