The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 24, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 PM
3:03 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 877
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 52.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 8.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.08° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.44° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.