The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 21, 2079
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 AM
4:03 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1940
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 198.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 27m / -16.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.78° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / 2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.55° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.