The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 8, 1928
Waning Crescent
12.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
3:56 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.4%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 72
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 | 319.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.8° / 226.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / 1.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.14° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.04° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.