The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 8, 2118
Waning Crescent
43.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
3:48 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.0%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2421
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.4° / 272.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 25.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.30° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.17° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.