The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 2138
Waxing Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
9:21 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2669
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 | 52.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 122.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -26.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.36° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.14° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.