The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 8, 1990
Waning Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
12:58 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 839
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 | 259.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.6° / 285.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.53° / -0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.54° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.