The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 21, 2069
First Quarter
48.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.1%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1817
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 92.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 53m / -7.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.66° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.75° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.87° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.