The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 2171
Waxing Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
1:53 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3077
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.0° / 68.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 15m / -21.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.68° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.04° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.