The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 21, 1934
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 PM
8:03 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 147
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 349.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 09m / 25.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.99° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.25° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.