The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 24, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 PM
3:52 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 73
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.5° / 39.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 6.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.79° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / 4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.07° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.