The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 22, 1959
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 PM
12:33 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 456
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 280.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 11.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.94° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.30° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.06° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.