The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 21, 1916
Waning Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 AM
2:37 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -76
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 | 313.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 228.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -9.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.32° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.16° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.