The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 8, 1946
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
5:17 PM
6:07 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 295
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 | 171.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.2° / 4.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 11.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.49° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.46° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 227.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.