The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 8, 2159
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
4:17 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2929
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 195.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 46m / -15.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.27° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.88° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.