The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 8, 1988
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
4:33 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 814
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 | 349.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 188.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -17.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.29° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.41° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.