The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 8, 2132
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 AM
5:59 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2596
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 2.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 165.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 35m / -17.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.56° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / -1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.06° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.