The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 22, 2024
Last Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1260
Events on this date
-
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 278.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 01m / 15.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.94° / 3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / -3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.82° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.