The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 22, 2014
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 AM
5:41 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1137
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 171.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -17.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.64° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.80° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.