The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 21, 1940
Waning Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
12:22 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 221
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 | 257.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 282.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 11.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.85° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.24° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.27° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.