The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 23, 1981
Waning Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
4:01 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 728
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 212.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -6.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.70° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.13° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.4° |
| 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.