The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 24, 1946
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 AM
5:51 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 296
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 163.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 44m / -22.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.48° / -0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / 0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.14° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.