The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Waning Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
2:26 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1161
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 248.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 2.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.64° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / -1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.62° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.