The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 8, 2174
Waxing Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
4:57 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3114
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.8° / 10.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -4.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.52° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.07° / 0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.02° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.