The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 1929
Waxing Crescent
31.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
9:28 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.2%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 84
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 120.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -26.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.63° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.12° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.68° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.