The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 24, 1962
Waning Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 AM
4:08 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 493
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.2° / 208.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -7.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.23° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.51° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.