The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 21, 1941
Waxing Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
8:16 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 234
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 | 38.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 134.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 31m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.32° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.88° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.