The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 23, 1987
Waxing Crescent
8.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
7:08 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 803
Events on this date
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Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 145.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -28.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.31° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.25° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.74° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.