The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 20, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
1:54 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 444
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° 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 | 117.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 66.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / 0.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.80° / 2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / -2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.62° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.