The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 22, 1987
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
6:04 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 803
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 157.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -27.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.85° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.65° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.94° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.