The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 24, 1900
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
7:19 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -273
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 145.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -20.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.77° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / -2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.88° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.