The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Waxing Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
10:12 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1259
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 | 64.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 115.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -28.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.73° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.36° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.