The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 22, 1980
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
7:32 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 716
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 346.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 22m / 16.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.59° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.40° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.