The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 12, 1920
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
6:58 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -26
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 150.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -19.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.97° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / -3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.49° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.