The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 23, 1999
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
7:32 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 951
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 347.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 23m / 17.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.86° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.21° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.