The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 20, 1908
Waning Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 AM
3:47 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -175
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.4° / 220.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -3.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.04° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.76° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.65° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.