The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 23, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 PM
3:17 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2893
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 48.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 9.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.72° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.37° / -3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.30° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.