The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 23, 1961
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
8:24 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 481
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 | 196.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 335.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 07m / 18.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.33° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.74° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.