The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 8, 2042
Waning Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 AM
3:32 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1482
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 | 315.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 231.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 0.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.61° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / -1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.49° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.