The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 23, 1918
Waning Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
11:56 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -51
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
-
Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 287.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 13.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.66° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.74° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.