The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 8, 2040
Waxing Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 AM
8:34 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1458
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 | 51.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 130.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -26.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.03° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.56° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.