The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 2145
Last Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2755
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 272.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 49m / 17.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.64° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.33° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.