The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 8, 2052
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
8:58 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1606
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 326.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 17.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.88° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.33° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.