The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 21, 2097
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
10:04 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2163
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,600 km.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 327.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 27.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.10° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.71° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.