The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 23, 2054
Waning Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 AM
2:05 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1631
Events on this date
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 258.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / 6.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.32° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.08° / -1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.05° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.