The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 20, 1946
Waning Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
3:55 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 295
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 | 326.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 215.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -5.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.40° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / -4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.08° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.