The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 20, 1940
Waning Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
11:42 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 221
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 | 245.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 292.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 19m / 14.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.50° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.11° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.