The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 8, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 PM
1:35 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 592
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 | 118.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 69.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -4.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.52° / 1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.62° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.