The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 23, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
4:28 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1149
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,800 km.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 31.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 9.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.35° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / 4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.96° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.9° |
| 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.