The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 21, 2129
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
2:20 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2559
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 60.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / -1.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.93° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.61° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.80° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.