The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 21, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
2:07 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1149
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 | 122.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 62.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / 0.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.08° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / 1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.24° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.