The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 21, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 PM
6:18 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 716
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 | 171.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 2.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 13.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.54° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.59° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.73° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 220.3° |
| 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.