The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 8, 2108
Waxing Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
10:03 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2298
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 | 50.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 115.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -16.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.81° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.37° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.21° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.