The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 23, 2048
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 PM
10:03 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1557
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 319.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 31m / 21.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.29° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.14° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.