The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 2151
Waning Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 AM
6:46 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2829
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.8° / 170.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / 5.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.05° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.85° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.36° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.