The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Waning Crescent
33.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
2:01 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.0%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1111
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 255.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 4.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.83° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.78° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.40° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.