The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 24, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
12:10 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 741
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 2.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 86.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -11.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.93° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.85° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.