The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 22, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
1:53 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 543
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 66.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / -3.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.25° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.91° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.