The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 24, 2016
Waning Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
2:56 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1161
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 236.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -1.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.67° / 2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.80° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.