The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 20, 1948
Waning Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 PM
11:30 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 320
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 | 228.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 311.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 16m / 27.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.99° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.52° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.