The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 23, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
12:00 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 976
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 88.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -12.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.46° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.21° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.