The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 24, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
3:43 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1112
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 | 137.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 43.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 10.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.32° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.66° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.