The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 8, 1985
Waning Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 AM
3:23 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 777
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.8° / 243.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 6.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.33° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / -4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.27° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.