The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 21, 1951
Last Quarter
51.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.4%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 357
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 275.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 13.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.18° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / -0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.51° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.