The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 8, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
12:26 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 456
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 | 104.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 82.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -8.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.68° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.81° / -2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.03° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.