The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 8, 2014
Waning Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 PM
8:44 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1136
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 | 202.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 330.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 30m / 17.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.51° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.75° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.