The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 22, 1997
Waning Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
1:31 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 926
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 | 277.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 265.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 7.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.14° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.54° / 1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.65° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.