The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 20, 1964
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
8:25 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 518
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 339.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 47m / 21.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.11° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.97° / 2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.30° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.