The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 22, 1981
Waning Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 AM
3:34 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 728
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
-
Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 226.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -2.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.61° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.94° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.