The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 2184
Waxing Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 AM
9:38 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3238
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 118.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 57m / -15.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.24° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.85° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.17° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.