The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 20, 2021
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
8:34 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1223
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 340.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 46m / 23.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.02° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / -0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.54° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.