The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 21, 2014
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 AM
4:55 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1136
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 186.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -15.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.23° / 2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / -2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.00° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.1° |
| 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.