The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 20, 1954
Waning Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
2:25 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 394
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 | 307.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 235.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / -6.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.52° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.42° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.