The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 22, 1906
First Quarter
46.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.7%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -199
Events on this date
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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 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 97.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -14.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.57° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.84° / 3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.21° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.