The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 23, 1957
Waxing Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 AM
7:16 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 432
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 146.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -19.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.95° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.04° / -4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.83° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.