The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 21, 2009
Waxing Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
9:23 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1075
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 | 55.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 122.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -20.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.99° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / 0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.20° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.