The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 21, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 PM
1:58 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1013
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 | 120.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 64.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -2.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.45° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.73° / 4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.51° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.