The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 2059
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
8:06 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1692
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 0.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 135.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -13.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.43° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.14° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.10° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.