The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 21, 1948
Waning Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
12:18 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 320
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 | 241.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.4° / 300.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 25.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.85° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.67° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.