The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 21, 1954
Waning Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 AM
2:51 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 394
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 | 318.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 222.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -11.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.50° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.61° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.