The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 21, 1976
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 AM
5:32 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 667
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.0° / 173.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 56m / -17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.60° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / -2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.58° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.