The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 21, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
12:00 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 308
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 | 98.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 88.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 44m / -13.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.41° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.87° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.