The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 21, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
12:28 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1483
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 81.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -9.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.59° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.05° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.