The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 8, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
1:28 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 827
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° 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 | 116.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 70.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 55m / -4.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.12° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / -1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.81° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.