The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 21, 1927
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
4:04 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 60
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 210.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -7.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.80° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.47° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.