The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 PM
3:40 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1050
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 | 138.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 42.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 10.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.96° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / -3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.65° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.