The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 21, 2044
Waxing Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
6:23 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1508
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 153.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -28.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.51° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.69° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.71° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.1° |
| 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.