The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 21, 2000
Waning Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
3:15 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 963
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.3° / 236.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / 1.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.67° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.56° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.