The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 23, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
1:17 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 642
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 72.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / 0.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.36° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.76° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.38° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.