The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 21, 2106
Waning Crescent
15.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 AM
2:54 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.1%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2274
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 228.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -7.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.39° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / 3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.50° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.