The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 21, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 PM
3:52 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1285
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 | 140.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 40.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 11.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.90° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.49° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.85° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.