The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 24, 1979
Waxing Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
10:07 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 704
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 115.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -16.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.69° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.51° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.91° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.