The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 8, 1953
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 AM
6:22 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 382
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 | 22.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 154.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -25.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.24° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / 5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.06° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.