The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 21, 1959
Waning Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
11:56 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 456
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 | 248.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.8° / 289.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.58° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.90° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.