The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 21, 1995
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
4:43 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 901
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 | 346.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.8° / 189.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 56m / -14.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.85° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / -1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.18° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.