The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 8, 1983
Waxing Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 AM
8:15 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 753
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 133.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -24.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.83° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.96° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.