The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 22, 1957
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 AM
6:19 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 432
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 159.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -19.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.38° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / -2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.02° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.