The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 21, 2189
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
6:01 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3301
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 11.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 15.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.89° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.57° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.