The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 14, 2008
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
9:10 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1062
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 336.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 44m / 26.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.14° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.84° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.