The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 21, 1929
Waning Gibbous
71.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 PM
12:27 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 85
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 | 244.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 298.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 24.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.04° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.85° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.