The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 8, 1956
Waxing Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
10:31 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 419
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 | 69.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 111.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -16.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.38° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.66° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.92° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.