The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 24, 2005
Waning Crescent
42.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 AM
1:45 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.8%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1025
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 266.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 9.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.02° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.36° / -2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.36° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.