The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
1:52 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1248
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 65.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / -2.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.81° / -2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.90° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.70° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.