The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 21, 1989
Waning Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 AM
1:47 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 827
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 | 286.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 256.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 06m / 3.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.33° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.25° / 3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.10° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.