The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 22, 2117
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
4:07 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2410
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,700 km.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 193.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 45m / -19.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.66° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.18° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.