The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 24, 2003
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 AM
5:44 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1001
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 164.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 44m / -24.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.67° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / 3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.89° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.