The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 8, 2078
Waxing Crescent
13.8% 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
11:00 AM
7:50 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1928
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 136.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -27.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.04° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.13° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.