The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 23, 1948
Last Quarter
52.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.2%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 320
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.
-
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 | 267.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 277.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.94° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.95° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.98° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.