The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Waxing Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 AM
8:42 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1174
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 | 46.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 129.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -19.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.60° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.68° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.67° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.