The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 21, 2038
Waning Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 AM
2:36 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1433
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / 7.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.06° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.99° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.