The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 22, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
12:19 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 642
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 | 98.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 83.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -3.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.35° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.54° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.