The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 21, 2196
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
6:32 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3388
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 154.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -24.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.16° / -1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / 2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.83° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.