The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 21, 2161
Waxing Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 AM
9:37 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2955
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 120.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -16.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.01° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.23° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.29° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.