The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 22, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
67.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 PM
1:01 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.2%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 308
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 76.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -8.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.65° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.71° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.