The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 8, 2105
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
7:09 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2261
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 150.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -11.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.84° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.38° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 318.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.