The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 21, 1924
Waning Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
2:28 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 23
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 | 293.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 253.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / 5.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.31° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.89° / -2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.53° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.