The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 20, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
1:08 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 209
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 | 108.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 74.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -2.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.29° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / -3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.40° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.