The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 22, 1942
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
7:55 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 246
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 338.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 46m / 14.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.66° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 190.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.