The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 2165
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
9:16 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3003
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 | 37.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 122.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 28m / -13.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.22° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.98° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| 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.