The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 8, 2129
Waning Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
5:00 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2557
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.6° / 232.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 42m / 14.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.03° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.63° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.