The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 21, 2074
Waxing Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 AM
8:11 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1879
Events on this date
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.2° / 135.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -21.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.77° / 1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / -0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.63° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.