The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 24, 2011
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 AM
4:40 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1099
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 184.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -20.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.42° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / 3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.43° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.