The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 24, 1953
Waning Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 PM
11:05 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 382
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.6° / 308.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 22.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.45° / 0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / 0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.46° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.