The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 8, 2159
Waning Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 AM
5:19 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2928
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.8° / 203.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 3.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.70° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.70° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.