The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 22, 1976
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
6:31 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 667
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 157.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -19.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.71° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.75° / -3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.22° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.