The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 8, 1939
Waning Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 AM
3:46 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 208
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 | 325.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.9° / 218.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -5.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.77° / -1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.33° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| 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.