The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 20, 1955
Waxing Crescent
30.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 AM
10:33 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 407
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 | 67.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 110.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -15.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.99° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.68° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.