The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 23, 1976
Waxing Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 AM
7:34 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 667
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 | 29.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 143.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -19.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.58° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.02° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.