The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 2132
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 AM
7:10 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2594
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 | 352.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.9° / 156.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / 0.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.71° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.76° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 145.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.