The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 21, 2177
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
6:01 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3153
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 | 15.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 160.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 54m / -24.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.07° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / 3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.64° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.