The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 2120
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
9:32 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2446
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 | 201.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 320.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 18.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.18° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.70° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.