The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 23, 1989
Waning Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
2:28 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 827
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 | 308.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 233.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -7.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.17° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.46° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.