The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 2149
Waxing Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
11:30 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2805
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 103.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -21.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.41° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / -1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.68° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.