The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 21, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
2:02 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -261
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 63.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / 2.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.51° / 3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.70° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.