The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 24, 1951
Waning Crescent
22.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
2:21 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.7%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 357
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -4.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.81° / -2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.32° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.04° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.