The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 20, 1935
Waning Crescent
25.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
2:07 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.8%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 159
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 244.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / -3.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.60° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.60° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.