The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 21, 2060
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
4:14 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1705
Events on this date
-
Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 193.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 45m / -17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.22° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / 2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.93° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.