The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 20, 1900
Waning Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 AM
4:10 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -274
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 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 196.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 28m / -16.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.11° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.07° / 3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.33° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.