The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 2, 2008
Waxing Crescent
19.5% 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
11:34 AM
8:34 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1062
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 130.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 13m / -26.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.84° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.95° / 5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.06° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.