The Moon on this date

Moon on Wednesday, November 22, 2175

Waxing Gibbous

63.4% illuminated · waxing

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
E
Highest
48°
Moonset
W
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
63.4%
Age
9.1 days
Distance
373,400 km
Apparent size
32.0′
Constellation
Aquarius
Lunation number
3128

Events on this date

  1. Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

  2. Mercury at greatest elongation

    22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

Exact values

For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun105.41°
Phase angle74.46°
Illuminated fraction63.40%
Altitude / azimuth-20.0° / 78.2°
Right ascension / declination23h 04m / -3.84°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude345.68° / 1.95°
Libration in longitude / latitude-6.29° / -1.70°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude67.78° / -1.52°
Position angle of the axis338.6°
Position angle of the bright limb247.6°
Apparent magnitude-10.7

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

Your location

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