The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 8, 1964
Waxing Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 AM
8:28 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 518
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 130.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -24.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.86° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.28° / 2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.58° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.