The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 23, 1991
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 PM
9:24 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 852
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 331.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 37m / 24.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.83° / 1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.32° / -1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.78° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.