The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 22, 2013
Waning Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
11:08 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1124
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 299.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 50m / 15.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.57° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.04° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.41° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.