The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 8, 2020
Last Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1210
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 278.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 29m / 19.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.41° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.85° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.77° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.