The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 8, 2053
Waning Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 AM
4:41 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1618
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.4° / 200.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -6.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.84° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.97° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.