The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 21, 1930
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
5:53 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 98
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 | 15.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 160.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -26.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.45° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.35° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.