The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 22, 2101
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
6:22 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2213
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 154.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 22m / -27.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.54° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.38° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.50° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.