The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 23, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
2:43 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1112
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 55.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / 6.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.14° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.81° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.