The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
61.5% 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
1:26 PM
12:42 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1112
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 | 103.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 78.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -1.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.06° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.98° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.12° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.