The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 21, 1981
Waning Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
3:07 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 728
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 | 306.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 239.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / 2.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.38° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.75° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.