The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 24, 1959
Waning Crescent
38.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
1:41 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.1%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 456
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 259.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 4.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.60° / -1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.94° / 2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.40° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.