The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 23, 1942
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 PM
8:52 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 246
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
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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 | 189.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 327.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 17.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.85° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.21° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.46° / 1.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.