The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 1, 2008
Waxing Crescent
12.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
8:39 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.4%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1062
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 128.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -27.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.54° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.54° / 5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.76° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.