The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 21, 1921
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 PM
12:27 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -14
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 280.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 11.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.62° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.47° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.