The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 21, 2041
Waning Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 AM
3:59 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1470
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 202.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -13.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.08° / 0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / 0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.12° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.