The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 24, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
4:38 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 778
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 30.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 11.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.91° / -0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.56° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.84° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.