The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 21, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
4:32 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 345
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 | 148.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 32.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 12.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.94° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / -2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.88° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.