The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 8, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
12:04 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 926
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 | 100.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 86.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 53m / -10.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.73° / 1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.52° / -1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.42° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| 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.