The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 24, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
2:43 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -63
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 55.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 8.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.60° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.60° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.49° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.