The Moon on this date

Moon on Monday, November 22, 2038

Waning Crescent

20.9% illuminated · waning

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
E
Highest
52°
Moonset
W
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
20.9%
Age
25.5 days
Distance
366,500 km
Apparent size
32.6′
Constellation
Virgo
Lunation number
1433

Events on this date

  1. Mercury at inferior conjunction

    Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

Exact values

For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun305.85°
Phase angle125.57°
Illuminated fraction20.92%
Altitude / azimuth33.1° / 239.9°
Right ascension / declination12h 32m / 2.26°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude186.34° / 5.20°
Libration in longitude / latitude-5.69° / -5.92°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude-131.17° / 0.80°
Position angle of the axis23.2°
Position angle of the bright limb116.5°
Apparent magnitude-8.6

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

Your location

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