The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 21, 1970
Waning Crescent
43.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 AM
1:33 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.2%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 592
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 34m / 8.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.96° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / 1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.30° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.