The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 8, 1912
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
4:57 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -126
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 181.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 32m / -17.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.21° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / 4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.41° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.