The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 2179
Waxing Gibbous
60.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
12:48 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.2%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3176
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 81.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -16.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.00° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.87° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.65° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.