The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 21, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 PM
6:36 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1656
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 0.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 31m / 15.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.16° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.68° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.70° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 219.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.