The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 22, 1908
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
4:42 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -175
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.4° / 191.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 56m / -13.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.44° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.04° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.