The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 23, 1960
Waxing Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
10:23 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 469
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 | 64.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 113.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -15.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.97° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.98° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.70° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.