The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 20, 1917
Waxing Crescent
36.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
11:11 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.3%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -63
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 | 73.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 105.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -14.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.80° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.28° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.13° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.