The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 8, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
1:47 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1062
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 67.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -2.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.30° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / -2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.01° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.