The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 21, 1945
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
9:38 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 283
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 | 208.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 325.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 51m / 23.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.03° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.64° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.