The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 8, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 PM
2:20 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1532
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 | 125.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 60.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / 0.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.54° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.00° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.60° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.