The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 22, 1979
Waxing Crescent
9.9% 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
9:57 AM
8:04 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.9%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 704
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 | 36.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 136.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.21° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.68° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.28° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.