The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 8, 2081
First Quarter
53.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.1%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1965
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 34m / -16.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.33° / -1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / 3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.02° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.