The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 21, 1979
Waxing Crescent
4.5% 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
8:59 AM
7:09 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 704
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 148.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -18.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.68° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.47° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.