The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 22, 1962
Waning Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 AM
3:14 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 493
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.0° / 235.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / 0.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.39° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.13° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.