The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 8, 1915
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
6:09 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -88
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 157.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 07m / -25.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.67° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.66° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.