The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 23, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
3:39 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 778
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 | 138.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.8° / 43.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 6.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.09° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.98° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.