The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 22, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
1:40 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1483
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 67.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / -2.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.72° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.36° / 3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.90° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| 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.