The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 PM
5:06 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1099
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 23.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 12.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.72° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.20° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.