The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 21, 2115
Waxing Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
9:23 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2386
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 122.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -25.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.92° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.03° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.25° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.