The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 8, 1911
Waning Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 PM
9:38 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -138
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 329.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 45m / 25.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.26° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / -3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.54° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.