The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 8, 2185
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 PM
7:56 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3251
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,100 km.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 338.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 57m / 15.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.28° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.32° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.46° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.