The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 23, 2141
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
2:43 AM
2:16 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2707
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 236.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -7.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.53° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.35° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| 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.