The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 2113
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 AM
6:58 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2359
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.0° / 163.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / 3.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.48° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.51° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.96° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 133.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.