The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 20, 1927
Waning Crescent
12.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 AM
3:41 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.1%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 60
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 | 319.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 224.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -2.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.97° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.28° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.