The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 21, 1906
Waxing Crescent
35.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
10:57 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.9%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -199
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 | 73.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 108.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -17.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.00° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.52° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.38° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.