The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 8, 1974
Waning Crescent
32.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 AM
2:04 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.2%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 641
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 | 291.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 255.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 4.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.94° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / 7.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.80° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.