The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 20, 1972
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 PM
7:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 356,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 617
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 0.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 26m / 22.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.84° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.28° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.