The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 21, 1952
Waxing Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 AM
9:11 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 370
Events on this date
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Saturn and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 125.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -23.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.03° / -1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / 3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.43° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.