The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 24, 2056
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 PM
9:27 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1656
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 327.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 22.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.72° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.55° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.71° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.