The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 8, 2059
Waxing Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
7:32 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1693
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 140.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -26.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.71° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / 4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.93° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.