The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 21, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 PM
3:28 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 914
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 | 137.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 45.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 5.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.87° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / 2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.89° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.