The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 22, 1973
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 AM
3:38 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 629
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 | 335.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 203.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.24° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.61° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.