The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 2175
Waning Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
4:17 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3126
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 | 290.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.4° / 256.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 20.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.19° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.00° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.39° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.