The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 23, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
3:59 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 209
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 39.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 22m / 9.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.53° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.95° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.