The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 21, 2003
Waning Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 AM
3:49 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1000
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 | 328.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.0° / 212.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -8.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.28° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / -1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.51° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.