The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 8, 1903
Waning Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
10:25 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -237
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 309.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.10° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.86° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.15° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.