The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 22, 1990
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
9:35 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 840
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 | 57.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 120.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -20.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.94° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / 1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.82° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.