The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
12:06 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1161
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 | 100.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 86.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -11.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.37° / 1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.11° / -0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.62° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.