The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 21, 2046
Last Quarter
45.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.1%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1532
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 266.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 6.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.36° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / 4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.34° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.