The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
10:58 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1037
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 318.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 53m / 28.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.42° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.34° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.