The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 20, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
2:59 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -125
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter 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 | 131.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 52.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 36m / 3.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.66° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / 0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.43° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.