The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 2173
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
7:41 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3102
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 | 19.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 140.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -15.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.10° / -2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.65° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.4° |
| 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.