The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 21, 1972
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
8:21 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 617
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 | 190.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 345.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 25.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.15° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.86° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.