The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 6, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
55.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1062
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 91.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -14.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.76° / 0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.94° / -0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.33° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.