The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 20, 1971
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
7:01 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 605
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 | 29.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 146.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -26.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.59° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.00° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.