The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
9:22 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1087
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 | 204.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 330.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 40m / 24.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.40° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.94° / -0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.58° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| 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.