The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 2126
Waning Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2520
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 | 258.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 278.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.86° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.73° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.54° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.