The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 8, 2026
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 AM
4:39 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1284
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 | 353.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 184.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.61° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.83° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.