The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 23, 1979
Waxing Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
9:03 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 704
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 | 49.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 125.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -18.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.89° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.14° / -3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.09° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.