The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 21, 2117
Waning Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 AM
3:34 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2410
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune 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 | 330.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 209.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -13.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.72° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.74° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.98° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.