The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 22, 1971
Waxing Crescent
20.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
9:10 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.2%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 605
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.0° / 125.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -22.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.04° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / 2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.63° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.