The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 20, 1970
Last Quarter
52.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.6%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 592
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 276.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.16° / 0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / 0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.13° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.