The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 20, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
5:08 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 481
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.2° / 20.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 9.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.40° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.66° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.