The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 2115
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 PM
12:55 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2384
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 | 240.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 295.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 55m / 25.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.36° / 2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / -2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.12° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.