The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 20, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
56.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.7%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 543
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 89.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 37m / -14.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.53° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.48° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.23° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.