The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 8, 2191
Waning Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
2:06 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3324
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 | 252.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 290.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 51m / 28.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.08° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.13° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.