The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 8, 2108
Waxing Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
10:34 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2299
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 110.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -16.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.72° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.12° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.04° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.