The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 20, 1957
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 AM
4:38 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 431
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 | 347.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 189.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 52m / -16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.36° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / 0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.58° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.