The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 8, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 PM
6:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 60
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 | 171.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.7° / 3.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 10.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.24° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.47° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.64° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 224.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.