The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 24, 1998
Waxing Crescent
26.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
10:05 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.8%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 939
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 115.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -17.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.38° / 1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / -1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.10° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.