The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 21, 2025
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
5:47 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1273
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 160.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -27.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.13° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.59° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.53° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.