The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 20, 1963
Waxing Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 AM
8:40 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 506
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 129.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -22.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.82° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.33° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.