The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 22, 2172
First Quarter
49.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.7%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3091
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 95.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -15.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.47° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.88° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.67° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.