The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 22, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
3:17 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1149
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 47.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 00m / 4.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.63° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.12° / 2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.09° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.