The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 8, 1993
Waning Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 AM
1:57 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 876
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 257.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 4.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.84° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.61° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.