The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 8, 2025
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
11:09 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1272
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 | 224.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 316.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 05m / 28.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.17° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.13° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.