The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 8, 1966
Waning Crescent
20.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
3:28 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.1%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 542
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Venus 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 | 306.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 242.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / 6.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.75° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.88° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.47° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.