The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 20, 1911
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 AM
4:57 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -138
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 177.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -21.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.49° / -2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.74° / 3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.63° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 41.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.