The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 8, 1947
Waning Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
3:35 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 307
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 | 308.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.6° / 240.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / 6.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.43° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.66° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.