The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 21, 2181
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
7:35 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3202
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 348.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 15m / 18.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.08° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.91° / 4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.01° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.