The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 23, 1998
Waxing Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 AM
9:07 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 939
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 | 50.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 125.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 32m / -18.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.76° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / -2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.28° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| 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.