The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 8, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
12:18 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -14
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 84.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -8.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.11° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.44° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.