The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 23, 1971
Waxing Crescent
29.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
10:18 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.2%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 605
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 114.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -18.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.08° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.45° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.