The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 21, 2151
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
4:34 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2831
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 29.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 8.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.88° / -3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.14° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.