The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 24, 1965
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
6:16 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 531
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 156.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -24.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.25° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.32° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.