The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 8, 2024
Waxing Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
11:27 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1260
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 | 83.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 105.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -21.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.03° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.25° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.