The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
5:22 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1038
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 167.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -26.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.29° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.33° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 310.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.