The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 20, 1909
First Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -162
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 97.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 06m / -17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.50° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.48° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.