The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 20, 1938
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 AM
4:26 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 196
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 192.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 40m / -16.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.66° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / 1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.76° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.