The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 8, 1963
Last Quarter
45.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.6%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 505
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 274.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 37m / 17.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.78° / 3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.13° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.36° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.