The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 23, 1952
Waxing Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
11:40 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 370
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 101.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 34m / -13.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.24° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / 0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.08° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.