The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 23, 1978
Waning Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 AM
1:30 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 691
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 264.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 6.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.01° / -1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / 2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.03° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.