The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 23, 2006
Waxing Crescent
8.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
7:10 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.2%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1038
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 144.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -28.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.13° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.95° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.