The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 8, 1952
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
1:05 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 369
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 286.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 19.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.99° / 0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.96° / -0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.11° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.