The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 AM
1:56 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1161
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 | 285.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 259.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 11m / 5.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.42° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.62° / -0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.45° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.