The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 21, 1998
Waxing Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
7:23 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 939
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 | 27.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.0° / 144.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 48m / -19.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.07° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.90° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.66° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.