The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 16, 1922
Waning Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 AM
3:59 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -2
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.8° / 213.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -6.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.00° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.04° / -1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.33° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.