The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 20, 1930
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 AM
5:10 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 98
Events on this date
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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.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 172.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -23.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.12° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.46° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 329.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.