The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 2180
Waning Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
12:06 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3188
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 | 234.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 295.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 19.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.23° / -2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / 3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.89° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.