The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 23, 1995
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
6:31 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 902
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,700 km.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 157.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -18.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.68° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / -4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.42° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.