The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 8, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
6:36 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3250
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 | 171.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 339.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / -0.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.35° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.62° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 219.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.