The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 20, 1951
Waning Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
12:52 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 357
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 17.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.20° / 1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / -1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.35° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.