The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 24, 2142
Waxing Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
11:46 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2720
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 98.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -8.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.70° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.56° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.