The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 2176
Waxing Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
10:18 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3139
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 114.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -26.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.50° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.51° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.