The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 20, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
2:49 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 110
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 54.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 25m / 2.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.80° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / 0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.80° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.