The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 8, 2029
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 AM
7:18 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1321
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 146.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -14.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.00° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.28° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.17° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 311.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.