The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 23, 1963
Waxing Crescent
43.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
11:41 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.6%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 506
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 101.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 47m / -17.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.20° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.15° / 5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.80° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.