The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 21, 1986
Waning Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
12:01 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 790
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 | 236.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 304.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 55m / 26.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.82° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.96° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.09° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.