The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 8, 2048
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
7:37 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1557
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 141.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -22.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.68° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / 0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.23° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.