The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 21, 2052
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 AM
5:47 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1607
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 169.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -16.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.70° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.21° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.39° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.