The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 24, 1954
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 AM
4:25 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 394
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 185.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -21.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.08° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.21° / 5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.19° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.