The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 21, 1973
Waning Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 AM
3:06 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 629
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 | 324.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 216.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -13.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.60° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.41° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.