The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 22, 2059
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
10:53 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1693
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 317.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 50m / 27.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.02° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.25° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.