The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 8, 1926
Waxing Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
7:45 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 48
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 | 36.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 139.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -21.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.22° / 1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.48° / -1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.20° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.