The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 21, 2121
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 PM
4:00 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2460
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 39.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 11m / 13.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.29° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.21° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.