The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 24, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% 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
4:56 PM
6:06 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1854
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 | 168.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 7.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 13.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.34° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.44° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 230.7° |
| 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.