The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 22, 2009
Waxing Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
10:24 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1075
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 112.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 35m / -17.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.79° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.02° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.