The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 23, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
12:02 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -199
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 87.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 46m / -10.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.77° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.78° / 4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.04° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.