The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 22, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
12:21 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -63
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 81.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -3.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.01° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.79° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.