The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 8, 2005
First Quarter
45.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
11:37 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.9%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1025
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 103.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -21.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.49° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.05° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.