The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 22, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
1:43 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1112
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 | 114.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 67.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 37m / 2.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.74° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.42° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.97° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.