The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 8, 1969
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 AM
4:22 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 579
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 194.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -14.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.40° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.60° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.