The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 8, 2161
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
11:33 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2953
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 | 226.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 300.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 02m / 19.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.47° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.11° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.