The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 2182
Waxing Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
3:35 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3213
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 | 134.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.4° / 39.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 06m / -8.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.53° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.21° / -3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.62° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.