The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 24, 1960
Waxing Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
11:30 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 469
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 102.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 28m / -12.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.20° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / -1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.53° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.