The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 24, 1970
Waning Crescent
17.5% 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
3:07 AM
2:34 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 592
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 231.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -8.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.76° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.50° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.84° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.