The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 8, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
1:03 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 221
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 | 110.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 76.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 29m / -6.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.65° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.74° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.65° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.