The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 8, 2002
Waxing Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 AM
8:41 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 988
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 | 51.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 129.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -25.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.08° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.73° / 4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.15° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.