The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 21, 1963
Waxing Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
9:36 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 506
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 | 59.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 120.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -21.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.02° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.92° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.15° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.