The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 23, 2158
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
7:07 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2918
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 146.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -25.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.72° / -1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.08° / 3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.06° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.