The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 22, 1952
Waxing Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 PM
10:26 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 370
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 113.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 39m / -19.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.14° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.25° / 1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.25° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.