The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 21, 2019
Waning Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
2:40 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1198
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 | 294.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 253.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / 7.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.20° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.60° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.18° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.