The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 24, 1961
Waning Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
9:22 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 481
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 324.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 19.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.36° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.88° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.