The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 22, 2048
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
9:19 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1557
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 329.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 40m / 22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.49° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / 1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.00° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.