The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 21, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 PM
3:48 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 110
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 1.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 41.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 8.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.60° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / -0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.65° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.