The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 22, 1919
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
5:20 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -38
Events on this date
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Annular solar eclipse
The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light. From Columbus, 46% of the Sun is covered at 8:45 AM.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 179.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 174.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -19.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.10° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.65° / 0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.66° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -3.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.