The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 8, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
12:20 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 691
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 | 103.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 83.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -9.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.36° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.29° / -2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.22° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.