The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 21, 2125
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 AM
2:55 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2509
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 229.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -6.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.17° / -1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.25° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.32° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.