The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 24, 1919
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
6:54 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -38
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 150.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -20.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.70° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / -2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.27° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.