The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 8, 2072
Waning Crescent
3.1% 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
5:08 AM
4:47 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1853
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.7° / 198.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -6.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.25° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.31° / -4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.78° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.5° |
| 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.