The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 21, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
2:28 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1619
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 58.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / 0.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.64° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.65° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.