The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 21, 1946
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 AM
4:19 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 295
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 200.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -10.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.62° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.27° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.