The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 24, 1950
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
7:39 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 345
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 355.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 58m / 25.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.65° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.53° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 357.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.