The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 23, 2163
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 AM
3:37 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2979
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 | 326.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 214.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -9.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.37° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / -0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.12° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.