The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 21, 2081
Waning Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 PM
12:11 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1965
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 22.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.93° / 3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / -3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.91° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.