The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 2141
Waxing Gibbous
55.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
12:19 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2706
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 | 96.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 87.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -19.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.84° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / -2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.06° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.