The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 23, 2017
Waxing Crescent
22.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
9:35 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.7%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1174
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 120.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -18.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.40° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.06° / -1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.48° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.