The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 20, 1949
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
5:15 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 333
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 170.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -24.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.57° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.50° / 5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.74° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 319.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.