The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 20, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
12:56 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -261
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 76.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 56m / -1.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.58° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.85° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.