The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 8, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
2:52 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 493
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 | 134.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 52.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / -3.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.77° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.83° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.02° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.