The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 23, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
2:40 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -162
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 55.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 0.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.32° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.01° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.