The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 24, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
5:14 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1013
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 22.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 14.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.73° / 0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / -0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.07° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.