The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 21, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
6:15 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 481
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 | 171.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 3.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 17m / 13.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.31° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.52° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 222.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.