The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 8, 1919
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 PM
7:52 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -39
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 344.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 33m / 19.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.54° / -0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.94° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.