The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 8, 1975
Waxing Crescent
30.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
10:19 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.1%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 654
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 113.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 32m / -17.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.06° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.35° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.29° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.