The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 23, 1953
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
10:21 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 382
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 320.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 31m / 24.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.11° / 1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / -1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.32° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.