The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 21, 2024
Waning Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 PM
12:52 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1260
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 | 254.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.4° / 288.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 20.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.51° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.66° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.