The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 2147
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
6:31 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2780
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 | 170.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 340.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / -0.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.76° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.45° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.23° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 226.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.