The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 PM
7:17 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1235
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 4:08 AM, is deepest at 5:59 AM and ends at 7:49 AM. Totality lasts from 5:16 AM to 6:42 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 352.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 06m / 18.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.18° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / 0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.85° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.