The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 8, 2198
Waxing Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
12:55 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3411
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 79.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -16.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.76° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.86° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.