The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 13, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
1:23 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1223
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 72.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 24m / -9.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.95° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.41° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.48° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.