The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Waxing Crescent
3.5% 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
9:26 AM
6:11 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1038
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 | 20.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 155.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -28.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.11° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.14° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.