The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 21, 1960
Waxing Crescent
10.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
8:11 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 469
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 135.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -18.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.76° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.07° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.