The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 22, 2002
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
9:54 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 988
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 325.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 25.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.11° / 1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / -1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.05° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.