The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 23, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 PM
6:19 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1050
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 10.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 21.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.20° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.56° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.38° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.