The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 24, 1973
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 AM
4:56 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 629
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 177.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -22.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.92° / -2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / 3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.00° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 31.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.