The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 25, 1983
Waning Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 PM
12:28 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 753
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 294.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 21.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.86° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.41° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.68° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.