The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 21, 2144
Waning Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 AM
2:53 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2744
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 231.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -5.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.64° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.12° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.