The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 8, 1913
Waxing Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
1:56 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -113
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 Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 66.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -5.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.71° / -0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.29° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.83° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.