The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 23, 2019
Waning Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 AM
3:42 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1198
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.4° / 221.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -3.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.16° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.31° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.55° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.