The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 8, 2018
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
6:26 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1186
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 159.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -15.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.92° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.50° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.