The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 20, 1960
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
7:10 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 469
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,100 km.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 148.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -18.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.95° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.65° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.27° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.