The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Waxing Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
7:52 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1174
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 138.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.81° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.32° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.86° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.