The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 22, 2056
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
7:34 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1656
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 348.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.00° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.74° / 4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.44° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.