The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 24, 1987
Waxing Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 AM
8:22 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 803
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,800 km.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 132.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -27.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.82° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.55° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.