The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 22, 1998
Waxing Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 AM
8:13 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 939
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 | 39.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 134.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 40m / -19.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.34° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.47° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.