The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 21, 1917
First Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -63
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 94.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 47m / -8.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.84° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.46° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.96° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.