The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 8, 1918
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
9:11 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -51
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 124.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -20.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.47° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / -2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.53° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.