The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 23, 2055
Waxing Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
10:03 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1644
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 116.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 27m / -19.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.28° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.59° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.06° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.