The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 21, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
5:03 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 815
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 | 153.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 25.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 16.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.60° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.30° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.31° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.