The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 20, 1968
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
5:13 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 568
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 170.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -25.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.77° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.49° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.95° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 323.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.