The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 23, 1986
Waning Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
1:05 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 790
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 | 258.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 285.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 19.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.87° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.20° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.40° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.