The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 21, 2016
Last Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1161
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 269.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 9.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.94° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.28° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.28° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.