The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 8, 2187
Waxing Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
11:56 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3275
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 | 82.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 100.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -23.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.10° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.75° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.27° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.