The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 22, 2142
Waxing Crescent
24.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
9:52 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.2%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2720
Events on this date
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Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 117.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.92° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.92° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.