The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 23, 1924
Waning Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
3:34 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 23
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.4° / 224.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 19m / -3.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.66° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.90° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.