The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 8, 2044
Waning Gibbous
86.3% 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
7:55 PM
11:01 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1507
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 317.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 01m / 28.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.22° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.28° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.94° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.6° |
| 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.