The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 23, 2008
Waning Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 AM
2:40 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1062
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 | 315.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 226.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -10.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.16° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.28° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.