The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 21, 2011
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 AM
2:33 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1099
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 | 310.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 231.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -8.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.58° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.56° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.84° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.