The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 23, 1914
Waxing Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 PM
11:33 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -100
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 102.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -15.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.53° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.32° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.67° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.