The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 23, 1929
Last Quarter
49.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.7%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 85
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 275.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 21m / 15.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.44° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.16° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.