The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 PM
5:39 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1149
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 14.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 12.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.13° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.82° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.