The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 8, 2015
Waning Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 AM
4:01 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1148
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 | 326.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.6° / 216.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -3.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.65° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.19° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.35° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.