The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 23, 2191
First Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3326
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,200 km.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 97.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -15.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.46° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.68° / 5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.86° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.