The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 23, 1954
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
3:49 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 394
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
-
Mercury, Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 198.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -19.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.25° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.99° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.