The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 21, 2071
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
5:33 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1841
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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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 | 359.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 174.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -15.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.49° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.23° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 180.9° |
| 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.