The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 23, 2084
Waning Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
2:14 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2002
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 235.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -8.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.45° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.28° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.