The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 22, 1943
Waning Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 AM
3:49 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 258
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.2° / 232.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / 3.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.33° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.81° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.