The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 23, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
5:37 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 914
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 | 162.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 15.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 49m / 13.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.87° / -3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.61° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.