The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 22, 1940
Last Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 221
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 271.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 8.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.47° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.43° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.