The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 23, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 PM
2:41 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 73
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 55.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 0.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.38° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.21° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.