The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 20, 1903
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
6:44 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -236
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 154.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.93° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.68° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.