The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 25, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
5:29 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1248
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 19.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 16.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.90° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / -1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.27° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.