The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 21, 2150
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
7:01 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2819
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 147.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 46m / -23.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.70° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.62° / 0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.78° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.