The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 21, 2049
Waning Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 AM
2:50 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1569
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 225.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -9.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.03° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.43° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.