The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 24, 1940
Waning Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
2:12 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 221
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 247.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / -0.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.56° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.91° / 2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.78° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.