The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 24, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 PM
5:41 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1619
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered
All within 1.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 13.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 01m / 12.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.43° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.23° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.