The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 21, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
2:21 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -26
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 | 123.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 60.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / 3.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.31° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / -3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.90° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| 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.