The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 21, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
96.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
5:03 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 951
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.2° / 20.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 8.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.53° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.06° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.