The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Waning Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
11:45 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1173
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 | 241.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 298.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 19.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.40° / -2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.73° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.