The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 8, 1931
Waning Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 AM
4:26 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 109
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.1° / 196.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -12.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.91° / -2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.00° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.