The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 8, 2186
Waning Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
5:08 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3262
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.9° / 235.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 42m / 16.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.26° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.39° / -2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.85° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.