The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 21, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
12:53 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 543
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 78.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / -9.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.41° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.13° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.06° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.